One of the many cool things Robert has courtesy of Sarah is a Tinker Kit subscription. He built most of the rocket a while back but today we took it out to actually use it.

The kit came with baking powder and citric acid; mix them, pour into the rocket preloaded with water, and pop it quickly onto the base. Sarah was the fastest assembler of the family. This was our highest shot. that’s the rocket in the top of the picture (with some fuel droplets below it)

We had fun at Baltimore’s National Aquarium last night: a sleepover with the fishes. And with the program from Johns Hopkins and the Aquarium staff, we learned some cool things while we were allowed behind the scenes. More photos in the travel section.

As we helped close down the WV campus, the younger kids put on a Haunted House in one of the bunk houses. Robert thought he should join in wearing this PJs (which was his dragon costume from Halloween).

As for why the after dinner entertainment was an old time radio show, I’m less clear. But it was fun, the kids and adults enjoyed it — the kids a bit too much as they supplied many of the Mad Lib moments and Robert was not the only 4th - 6th grade boy…

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